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Gina K May Release Blog Hop 3!

Welcome to Day 3 of Gina K Designs’ May release stamp set inspiration blog hops! Our first stamp set being introduced today is:

The new One Free with 3 - Elegant Elements:

I made a monogrammed notecard:

The center element was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto GKD Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight Cardstock-White cardstock and die cut/embossed.  The center monogram was computer generated, punched, and popped up on foam tape over the element.  The monogram was framed with a pretty Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Accents die cut from Black Onyx cardstock.  The rest is all a pre-printed notecard!

Our second stamp set today is a second stamp set this month by Theresa Momber, By The Sea:

I made an 8-inch framed beachy artwork piece for my husband for Father’s Day using By The Sea (shh, don’t tell him!):

(Click on any photo for a larger view)

We love the beach/sea and I thought this would be a perfect gift for him. I wanted the pelican to be facing inward towards the other images, so I stamped him with Timber Brown StazOn ink onto a piece of acetate and flipped him over!

I adore this sentiment from this set -- it was inked with Rich Cocoa, Rhubarb Stalk & Paris Dusk Memento Markers and then stamped onto patterned paper and die cut with Spellbinders Labels Fourteen. A screw head brad accents it. Theresa’s group of seagulls was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink in the upper left corner. All the patterned papers are Webster’s Petite Yacht Club and the center sailboat piece was die cut with Spellbinders Grand Labels One and matted with Gina’s Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight Cardstock In The Navy:

Hopefully you can see all the dimension this shadow box frame has, with the seashells added into the fish net and the popped up sentiment sign and anchor embellishment!

These Gina K design team members also have samples to share today. Make sure you leave a comment on each of the blogs because Gina will choose two random winners from all of the comments who will each get a free stamp set of their choice valued at up to $24.95! The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to win!

• Gina K
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Suzanne Dean
• Theresa Momber
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher
• AJ Otto
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Colleen Schaan
• Deb Felts
• Donna Baker
• Giovana Smith
• Janice Whiting
• Jennie Harper
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy

Enjoy the hop!

{Elegant Elements Monogram Notecard}
Stamps: Gina K Designs-Elegant Elements,
Tools: Spellbinders Classic Circle Nestabilities & Fleur de Lis Accents die templates, 3/4" circle punch
Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight Cardstock-White & Black Onyx; Hobby Lobby notecard
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad;
Accessories: Foam tape, computer generated monogram

{By The Sea Frame}
Stamps: Gina K Designs-By The Sea,
Tools: Spellbinders Grand Labels One, Labels Fourteen, Fleur de Lis Accents & Grand Calibur
Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight Cardstock-In The Navy; Webster’s Pages Petite Papers-Yacht Club;
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Rich Cocoa & Timber Brown StazOn; Memento Markers-Rich Cocoa, Rhubarb Stalk & Paris Dusk, Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Brushed Corduroy;
Accessories: Ranger Tim Holtz Ink Blending Tool, nautical decorative net & shells (Michael’s), 8-inch shadow box frame, acetate sheet, screw head brad, foam tape

Blogoversary #7 Winner!

Sorry for the delay in announcing the winner of my final Blogoversary giveaway of the JustRite stamps -- I totally spaced and was thinking I said I'd post it today!  Random.org chose this number:

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92

Timestamp: 2010-02-04 14:46:26 UTC

who is:

92

Kathy V. said...

Sharon, thanks so much for three years of wonderful ideas and inspiration! Here's to many, many more! Hope you're feeling better soon. You must be exhausted from all you've been doing that last few months. Get some rest--we'll wait!

Congratulations, Kathy!!  Please email your mailing address to me using the link under my photo and I'll get your stamps out to you!  Thanks again to everyone for stopping by here and helping me celebrate my 3rd year of blogging . . . I hope you'll be back over the coming year!

Today over at the CLASSroom, I have this piece of framed artwork to share with you:

 

Copic markers were used on every square inch of this entire project . . . I hope you'll come see how I used Copic's Airbrush System to customize everything!

Don't forget you still have until Friday at 10pm CST to enter for the chance to win a set of Copic Spica Glitter Pens (in the post below this one).

I'll be back tomorrow with my February calendar (yes, I know it's late and I've been missing it myself!) -- for JustRite Stampers' Friday Challenge!

Taylored Expressions Black Friday Blog Hop!

In honor of Black Friday and Cyber Monday (two of the biggest shopping days of the year!) Taylored Expressions is offering 15% off EVERYTHING in the store today through Monday, so you don't want to miss saving on some great GIFTS for others, supplies to help YOU make gifts, or just a little shopping for YOURSELF!!  Just use promotional code TEBlackFriday upon checkout to receive the discount.  You also won't want to miss 50% off all JustRite products, buy 2 get one free on Tiny Twinkles, and the new TE shirts and aprons!

One featured item in the store is this great Perfect Package Card Box.  It ships to you plain white and flat (pops open easily), ready for whatever kind of decorating you'd like to give it.  I decided to make mine to hold an all-occasion card set for my Mom as a Christmas gift, so I decorated it "every day'ish", so it would be pretty sitting out on her desk or counter.

 
To cover my box, I used Taylored Expressions' November Key Ingredients Kit with yummy Basic Grey Indian Summer patterned paper and Prism cardstock, adhered with my favorite Zip Dry glue.  I used wine rick-rack and pink velvet ribbon from the kit and layered them together across the top of the box, where a seam in my papers met.

To finish off the side edges of the box, which has a glossy finsish, I colored it with Copic Sketch marker R39, which matches the cardstock.  A normal dye-based marker would not have dried on the glossy surface and just rubbed off, but Copic's alcohol-based ink dries instantly!

The "CARDS" tag was made with JustRite Stamper's Times New Roman font, 50-point, and stamped with Memento Rose Bud ink onto TE Choice Buttercream cardstock and die cut with Spellbinders Double-Ended Tag die.  That was layered onto Spellbinders Fancy Tag die cut from Prism Rose Dark cardstock and then a Petite Classic Oval die cut (also from Rose Dark cardstock) was layerd behind that!  Zva pink crystals finish off the tag.

I covered the inside of the box lid and sides with more Prism Rose Dark cardstock and then made a pocket out of cardstock, popped up on foam tape, to hold postage.

This box is sized specifically for standard A2-sized cards and will hold approximately 8 to 12 of them, depending on embellishments.  You can see the set of cards that I made for the inside of my box, by checking out my next blog post at 8:30am CST this morning -- they use Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #108!

Until then, you can see more great ideas using this versatile box by visiting this whopping awesome list of bloggers today:

Alex Maldonado: http://fairyblossoms.typepad.com/
Amy Rohl: http://inkaboutme.blogspot.com/
Beate Johns: http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
Bev Gerard: http://savorthejourney.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
Charmaine Ikach: http://oodabugalley.blogspot.com/
Cindy Haffner: http://cindyhaffnerscorner.blogspot.com/
Debbie Olson: http://debbiedesigns.typepad.com/
Donna Baker: http://www.serenityinstamping.com/
Jami Sibley: http://jami.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
Jen del Muro: http://iheart2stamp.com/
Jen Tapler: http://jentapler.blogspot.com/
Jenn Balcer: http://jbalcer.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
Jennifer Buck: http://thebuckstampshere.blogspot.com/
Jessica Diedrich: http://thewhimsicalbutterfly.blogspot.com/
Joan Ervin: http://stampingwithapassion.blogspot.com/
Joanne Basile: http://www.stampedbyhand.blogspot.com/
Linda Duke: http://www.lindaduke.typepad.com/
Lori Craig: http://loricraig.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
Rose Anne Reynolds: http://paperdelightz.blogspot.com/
Sankari Wegman: http://sunnysankari.blogspot.com/
Sharon Harnist: http://paperfections.typepad.com/ <==YOU ARE HERE!
Sherry Cheever: http://sherrycheever.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
Taylor VanBruggen: http://www.tayloredexpressions.blogspot.com/

I'll see you back here in a bit ... have fun hopping!

 
Supplies --
Stamps: JustRite Stampers-Times New Roman font set
Paper: TE Key Ingredients Kit (Basic Grey Indian Summer paper & Prism cardstock), TE Choice Buttercream
Ink: Memento Dew Drop-Rose Bud, Copic marker R39
Accessories: Perfect Package Card Box. Spellbinders Double-Ended Tags, Fancy Tags & Classic Petite Oval Nestabilities-Sm, Zva pink crystals, Zip Dry glue

EDITED: It seems my commenting was acting up earlier today, but it should be working properly now. Thanks to everyone who was kind enough to email and let me know!  You can now see my set of cards HERE!

TE November Key Ingredient Kit Challenge

Let me tell you what a joy it is to receive Taylored Expressions' Key Ingredients Kits each month!  These kits make it SO easy to have all the perfectly coordinated ... well, KEY ingredients!, at your fingertips for quick and easy crafting!  Cardstock, the latest and greatest patterned paper, beautiful ribbon, and color-coordinated embellishments.  And for just $21.95 per month (6-month subscription) you can, too!

This month, half of Taylored Expressions' Baker's Dozen designers were challenged to create Thanksgiving themed projects with family traditions in mind, with the November Kit.  Here's what I came up with -- a photo frame!

 

I don't know a family that doesn't take a lot of photos when everyone is gathered during the holidays. I'm usually the one taking photos of everyone else and it's been way too long since we had a photo taken together as a whole family. So this Thanksgiving I'm going to make it a point that someone take our picture together and then it will be placed in this frame!

I adore the rich jewel tones in these papers (although my camera seems to be having some difficulty showing you just how pretty these colors REALLY are together!) included in the November kit (Basic Grey Indian Summer), so I decoupaged them onto a $1 wood frame from Michael's which will hold a 4"x6" photo.  Then I painted the edges of the frame with a rich espresso metallic paint.

I was immediately drawn to this large wine colored rick-rack in the kit and knew I wanted to use it with the fabulous Kaiser wine colored rhinestones (also included in the kit) -- a perfect match!  Showing you a plain frame just wasn't acceptable so until I can get that new family photo taken, I quickly stamped this piece to put inside the frame. 

 

I stamped the large dandelion from Taylored Expressions' Celebrate Life stamp set in Memento Rich Cocoa ink onto Desert Coral Dark Prism cardstock from the kit.  The "Give thanks" sentiment is also from the same set -- I stamped it inside the frame from Luxurious Labels onto TE Choice Buttercream cardstock.  Then I added the small dandelions from Luxurious Labels in Memento Potter's Clay ink (giving them some sparkle with Copper Stickles!).  The label was cut out and popped up on Taylored Expressions' foam tape. Tucked behind the label frame are some fabulous jewel-toned skeleton leaves included in the kit ... a perfect three-dimensional accent!

As you can see, the Key Ingredient Kits are not just for cards -- you can also use all the elements for scrapbooking, gifts, or three dimensional altered items!  To see more great projects today using this kit, you can visit these Baker's Dozen designers: Taylor VanBruggen, Laura Fredrickson, Sharon Harnist (<=You're here!), Charmaine Ikach, Karen Giron, Jodi Collins, Donna Baker.  And I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

 

Supplies --
Stamps: Taylored Expressions Celebrate Life & Luxurious Labels 
Paper: TE November Key Ingredients Kit (Basic Grey Indian Summer, Prism Desert Coral Dark, TE Choice Buttercream) 
Ink: Memento Dew Drops-Rich Cocoa & Potter's Clay
Accessories: Michael's wood frame, DecoArt Elegant Finish Metallic Paint-Rich Espresso, ribbon & embellishments from TE November Key Ingredients Kit, Copper Stickles, foam tape